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American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library

The Boston Public Library has an extensive collection of original manuscripts from the American Revolutionary War era. The letters and documents were drafted by John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, James Otis, Joseph Warren, George Washington and other important Revolutionary War figures. The materials are mostly of American origin, but also include British, European, and West Indian sources. Some of the topics covered include the war’s political origins, the unfolding of military and naval campaigns, foreign alliances, opinions, and the economic aspects of the struggle. Digitization of this collection has been generously funded and inspired by David McCullough's Yale class of 1955 and the Associates of the Boston Public Library
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American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
American casualties in battles of Lexington and Concord, with other deaths to May 1, 1776 [manuscript]
by Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775, Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775, Battle...
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document certifying that Capt. Isaac Davis of Acton was in a regiment of Minutemen killed at Concord, April 19th, 1775 [manuscript]
by Peirce, Abijah; Davis, Isaac, 1745-1775; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775, Minutemen (Militia)
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document protesting possible transfer of British 14th Regiment from Castle Island to Common [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Indictment of Alexander Mall for stabbing Samuel Atwood during the Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Massachusetts. Superior Court of Judicature; Mall, Alexander; Attwood, Samuel; Taylor, William; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Letter to Benjamin Stelle, Deputy Paymaster of Rhode Island army, asking him to pay John Cooke $420 for Col. Christopher Greene's 1st Rhode Island Continental Regiment [manuscript]
by Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806; Cooke, John; Greene, Christopher, 1737-1781; Stelle, Benjamin, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Account of wages, due the staff and other officers of Col. Greene's Brigade
Topic: United States. Army
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to Thomas and John Fleet, printers in Boston, asking them to print Isaac Winslow's resignation from Mandamus Council in Evening Post [manuscript]
by Adams, Amos, 1728-1775; Fleet, Thomas, 1732-1797, recipient; Fleet, John, 1734-1806, recipient; Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Massachusetts. Council
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A list of prisoners confined in goal [manuscript]
by Otis, Joseph; Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Political prisoners, Prisoners
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Document testifying that soldiers clubbed children but were trapped in alley for ten minutes by citizens before Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Leach, John; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Draft of Instructions to Boston's Representatives in General Court, James Otis, Thomas Cushing, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock, to protest against quartering troops in town [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Otis, James, 1725-1783, recipient; Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788, recipient; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803, recipient; Hancock, John, 1737-1793, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Copy of letter to Dr. Franklin from the Committee of Correspondence dated December. 21, 1775
by Massachusetts. Committee of Correspondence; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 recipient; Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Hancock, John, 1737-1793; Phillips, William; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to Benjamin Franklin, agent in London, giving an account of the proceedings of the town of Boston at the meeting held in regard to the importation and destruction of tea, December 16, 1773
Topic: Boston Tea Party, 1773
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document appointing a committee to thank General Conway and Isaac Barre for helping to repeal Stamp Act [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting; Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802; Cooper, William, 1720-1809; Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph written by Samuel Adams, signed by William Cooper, Town Clerk
Topic: Great Britain
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document authorizing Ł100 for delegates to Continental Congress [manuscript]
by Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810; Massachusetts. Provincial Congress; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States. Continental Congress
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Petition to prevent importation of tea [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
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Document protesting against Provincial Congress' vote diverting provincial taxes from Gray to Henry Gardner [manuscript]
by Gray, Harrison, 1712-1794; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Gardner, Henry, 1731-1782, Massachusetts. Provincial Congress, Massachusetts. Treasury Dept
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Letter to the printers of the Boston news papers condemning radicals as dangers to liberty [manuscript]
by Ruggles, Timothy, 1711-1795; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln about Maj. David Franks, Arnold's aide [manuscript]
by Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Philadelphia, Apr. 6, 1779
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Letter to Board of War about arms and equipment [manuscript]
by Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; United States. Continental Congress. Board of War and Ordnance, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Summary of the proceedings against Dr. Benjamin Church in court-martial for treason, October, 1775, General Washington presiding [manuscript]
by Parsons, Theophilus, 1750-1813; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778, Spies
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Letter book of General Lincoln containing copies of 339 letters written at the time of the siege of Charleston [manuscript]
by Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810; Barnwell, John, Major; Bee, Thomas, 1725-1812; Beekman, Benjamin, Colonel; Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790; Bretigny, Marquis de; Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789; Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 recipient; Cuthbert, Daniel, Major; Drayton, Stephen, 1736-1810; Elbert, Samuel, 1740-1788; Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794; Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805; Galphin, George, -1780; Garden, Alexander, 1757-1829; Glascock, William, 1730-1793; Heriot, Robert, 1739-1792; Hogan, John, General; Horry, Daniel; Huger, Isaac, 1742 or 3-1797; Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796; Hyrne, Edmund, 1748-1783; Jameson, David, -1839; Jay, John, 1745-1829; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Laurens, John, 1754-1782; Leslie, Alexander, ca. 1740-1794; Lillington, John A; Malmady, marquis de; Marion, Francis, 1732-1795; Mathews, John, 1744-1802; Matty, Colonel; McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806; McPherson, James, Lieutenant Colonel; Melton, John, Captain; Moultrie, William, 1730-1805; Oliphant, David; Parker, Richard, 1751-1780; Peters, Richard, 1743-1828; Phillips, William, 1731?-1781; Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829; Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825; Prévost, Augustine, ca. 1725-1786; Pułaski, Kazimierz, 1747-1779; Rae, Mr; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813; Rutherford, Griffith; Rutledge, John, 1739-1800; Rutledge, Thomas, 1744 or 5-1818; Scott, William, Lieutenant Colonel; Shippen, William, 1712-1801; Simons, Abraham; Stephens, Colonel; Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794; Sullivan, John, 1740-1795; Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785; Telfair, Edward, ca. 1735-1807; Tennant, Jean Baptiste; Timothy, Peter, 1725?-1782; Turner, George, 1750-1843; Wadding, Dr; Walton, George, 1749 or 50-1804; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Wereat, John, 1733-1799; Whipple, Abraham, 1733-1819; Woodford, William, 1734-1780; Wylly, Richard, 1744-1801; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Charleston, Aug. 6, 1779 to Nov. 28, 1780
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Petition to Selectmen for resignation of tea consignees [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Powell, William; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, 1773
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Document of the appointment of James Warren as 2d Major General, Massachusetts Militia [manuscript]
by Danielson, Timothy, 1733-1791; Lowell, John, 1743-1802; Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives; Massachusetts. Council; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Warren, James, 1726-1808, Massachusetts. Militia
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document declaring his loyalty to America but criticizing riots [manuscript]
by Hamant, Timothy; Medway (Mass.). Committee of Correspondence, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Great Britain. Parliament
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Letter to Col. Elias Dayton, 3rd Regiment and Commandant at Johnstown, about mutiny at Ft. Stanwix, Gen. Schuyler's delays, Oneida Indians, and rumors of attack on Niagara from Pittsburgh [manuscript]
by Barber, Francis, 1750-1783; Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
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Resignation from Mandamus Council. [manuscript]
by Oliver, Thomas, 1734-1815; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Massachusetts. Council
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Documents about ship seized by American privateer because its owner, Joseph Hewes, is a Loyalist [manuscript]
by Moseley, Emperor; Hewes, Joseph; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Chowan City, Nov. 3, 1777
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter book of General Lincoln containing copies of 339 letters written at the time of the siege of Charleston [manuscript]
by Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810; Barnwell, John, Major; Bee, Thomas, 1725-1812; Beekman, Benjamin, Colonel; Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790; Bretigny, Marquis de; Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789; Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 recipient; Cuthbert, Daniel, Major; Drayton, Stephen, 1736-1810; Elbert, Samuel, 1740-1788; Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794; Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805; Galphin, George, -1780; Garden, Alexander, 1757-1829; Glascock, William, 1730-1793; Heriot, Robert, 1739-1792; Hogan, John, General; Horry, Daniel; Huger, Isaac, 1742 or 3-1797; Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796; Hyrne, Edmund, 1748-1783; Jameson, David, -1839; Jay, John, 1745-1829; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Laurens, John, 1754-1782; Leslie, Alexander, ca. 1740-1794; Lillington, John A; Malmady, marquis de; Marion, Francis, 1732-1795; Mathews, John, 1744-1802; Matty, Colonel; McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806; McPherson, James, Lieutenant Colonel; Melton, John, Captain; Moultrie, William, 1730-1805; Oliphant, David; Parker, Richard, 1751-1780; Peters, Richard, 1743-1828; Phillips, William, 1731?-1781; Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829; Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825; Prévost, Augustine, ca. 1725-1786; Pułaski, Kazimierz, 1747-1779; Rae, Mr; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813; Rutherford, Griffith; Rutledge, John, 1739-1800; Rutledge, Thomas, 1744 or 5-1818; Scott, William, Lieutenant Colonel; Shippen, William, 1712-1801; Simons, Abraham; Stephens, Colonel; Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794; Sullivan, John, 1740-1795; Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785; Telfair, Edward, ca. 1735-1807; Tennant, Jean Baptiste; Timothy, Peter, 1725?-1782; Turner, George, 1750-1843; Wadding, Dr; Walton, George, 1749 or 50-1804; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Wereat, John, 1733-1799; Whipple, Abraham, 1733-1819; Woodford, William, 1734-1780; Wylly, Richard, 1744-1801; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Charleston, Aug. 6, 1779 to Nov. 28, 1780
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Proceedings of court martial [manuscript]
by Frye, James, 1709-1776; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
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Bill to Colony of Massachusetts Bay for services [manuscript]
by Glover, Jonathan, 1731-1804; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Industry (Schooner), Massachusetts
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Letter to Selectmen requesting town meeting to consider Tea Act [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Tea tax (American colonies), Boston Tea Party, 1773
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Letter to Messrs. John de Neufville and son in Amsterdam about American finances, John Adams, and pleasant Frenchmen in New England [manuscript]
by Jarvis, James; Neufville, John de, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Adams, John, 1735-1826, French
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Diaries of cruise with privateer from Boston, capture, ordeals in Old Mill Prison at Plymouth, England, attempted escapes, and release [manuscript]
by Russell, William, 1748-; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Old Mill Prison, Privateering
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Letter to John Hancock concerning non-importation agreements [manuscript]
by Hancock, John, 1737-1793, recipient; Hayley and Hopkins (Merchants: London, England); Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: East India Company, Non-importation agreements, 1768-1769
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Letter to John Hancock, reporting that 12,000 men are building Continental ships at Providence [manuscript]
by Bant, William, d. 1779; Hancock, John, 1737-1793 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Shipbuilding
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Letter to Gen. John Thomas about fortifying Nook's Hill at night [manuscript]
by Palfrey, William, 1741-1780; Thomas, John, 1724-1776, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to John Hancock about evacuation of Boston [manuscript]
by Lowell, John, 1743-1802; Hancock, John, 1737-1793 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Evacuation Day, Boston, Mass., 1776
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Letter to Capt. Hector McNeil about Capt. Pepper's treason [manuscript]
by Wooster, David, 1711-1777; McNeill, Hector, 1728-1785, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Treason
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Document to Major Chase asking for rum and beer for the fatigue men at Dorchester Neck per order of Col. Greaton [manuscript]
by Rice, N; Chase, Major, recipient; Greaton, John, 1741-1783; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to Gen. Seth Pomeroy about Ticonderoga, Stockbridge Indians, and Benedict Arnold's recruits [manuscript]
by Allan, Thomas, 1743-1810; Pomeroy, Seth, 1706-1777, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801, Stockbridge Indians
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Trust in God, better than confidence in men [manuscript] : a disource on Psalm 118.8.9
by Tucker, John, 1719-1792; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Bible, Sermons, American
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Minutes of meetings about Tea Act [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Merchants; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Tea tax (American colonies), Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773, Tea trade
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Letter to George Grenville, relaying news of Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Lloyd, Charles, 1735-1773; Grenville, George, 1712-1770, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Letter to General John Thomas, Commander of the American troops at Roxbury [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Selectmen; Thomas, John, 1724-1776, recipient; Scollay, John, 1712-1790; Newell, Timothy; Austin, Samuel; Pitts, John, 1737-1815; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Graves, Samuel, 1713-1787
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Letter to James Bowdoin and others about English reactions of Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Bollan, William, d. 1776; Bowdoin, James, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Letter to his father, Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, about Brooklyn battle [manuscript]
by Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817; Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776
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Letter to Boston town meeting saying he in unable to do anything about tea shipments [manuscript]
by Hutchinson, Thomas, 1740-1811; Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, 1773
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Letter to His Excellency from the Worcester Committee of Correspondence [manuscript]
by Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800; Worcester (Mass.). Committee of Correspondence; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Murray, Samuel, ca. 1750-ca. 1785, Rutland (Mass.). Committee of Correspondence
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Deposition about Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Ward, Richard; Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809; Gray, Samuel, d. 1770; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Invoice of food stores hidden at Reading church [manuscript]
by Bancroft, Nathaniel; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to Christopher Leffingwell about supplies and Gen. Israel Putnam's arrival [manuscript]
by Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778; Leffingwell, Christopher, 1734-1810 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790
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Letter asking for water and flour [manuscript]
by St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Mackay, Aeneas, O'Hara
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Approximately 1,000 receipts for supplies issued to state ships and units [manuscript]
by Massachusetts. Commissary General; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Boston, Dec. 1, 1778-May 22, 1779
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Document for the Medway Committee of Correspondence declaring his sentiments as to the acts of the British Parliament [manuscript]
by Cutler, Jonathan; Medway (Mass.). Committee of Correspondence, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Great Britain. Parliament
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Letter to his brother, Algernon Percy, about the dissolution of his marriage to Lady Anne Crichton-Stuart [manuscript]
by Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817; Beverley, Algernon Percy, Earl of, 1750-1830, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Crichton-Stuart, Anne, Lady, b. 1745
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Document testifying about the Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Palmes, Richard; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Indictment of Thomas Preston, William Wemms, James Hartegan, William McCauley, Hugh White, Mathew Killroy, William Warren, John Carroll, and Hugh Montgomery for the murder of Patrick Carr [manuscript]
by De Coverly, Roger, Sir, 1728-1796; Preston, Thomas, 1722-1798; Wemms, William; Hartegan, James; McCauley, William; White, Hugh; Killroy, Mathew; Warren, William; Carroll, John; Montgomery, Hugh; Carr, Patrick, d. 1770; Taylor, William; Winthrop, Samuel; Massachusetts. Superior Court of Judicature; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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A larum list under the Command of Capt. Martin Gay [manuscript]
by Gay, Martin, b. 1726; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to John Hancock about damage to Boston and evacuation by the British [manuscript]
by Bant, William, d. 1779; Hancock, John, 1737-1793, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Receipt for blankets from state signed by Jonathan Eaton and 62 other men [manuscript]
by Reading (Mass.). Citizens; Eaton, Jonathan; Massachusetts. Militia; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topics: Blankets, Requisitions, Military
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Letter to Isaac Winslow about Canada and General Burgoyne [manuscript]
by Clarke, Jonathan, 1744-1827; Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topics: Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792, Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to Gen.John Thomas about opening Governor Hutchinson's trunks [manuscript]
by Taylor, William, 1714-1789; Thomas, John, 1724-1776, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780, Massachusetts. Provincial Congress
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Estimate of losses because of British damage [manuscript]
by Roxbury (Boston, Mass.); Roxbury (Boston, Mass.). Selectmen; Roxbury (Boston, Mass.). Committee of Correspondence; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to Tapping Reeve about General Schuyler's superiority over Sir John Johnson and rumors that General Richard Montgomery is not dead [manuscript]
by Pierce, John, d. 1788; Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804, Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1830, Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775
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Letter to John Thaxter about French fleet at Newport, Boston's defenses, and currency [manuscript]
by Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818; Thaxter, John, 1721-1802, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Braintree, Sept. 2, 1778
Topic: Currency question
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Deposition about Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Ward, Richard; Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809; Gray, Samuel, d. 1770; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Petition to Selectmen for resignation of tea consignees [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Powell, William; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topic: Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
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Document prepared by John Avery and James Warren about instructing Congressional delegates to sign Articles of Confederation [manuscript]
by Massachusetts. General Court; Avery, John, 1739-1806; Warren, James, 1726-1808; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Boston, Mar. 11, 1778
Topics: United States, United States
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Declaration of his Intentions in selling a horse to British just prior to the Battle of Concord and his sentiments concerning spreading rumors of Negro revolt expressed in conversation with Katherine Adams, wife of Jonathan Adams [manuscript]
by Adams, Elisha; Lord, Daniel; Medway (Mass.). Committee of Correspondence; Medway (Mass.). Town Meeting; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Adams, Katherine, Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775, African Americans, Slave insurrections
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to John Hancock stating that dinners for the London merchants lobbying for repeal of Stamp Act cost ?1500 [manuscript]
by Barnard, Jonathan; Hancock, John, 1737-1793, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topic: Great Britain
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Letter to Ebenezer Hancock [manuscript]
by Perkins, Daniel, 1687-1782; Hancock, Ebenezer, 1741-1819, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topic: Perkins, Mary Hawke, 1711-1799
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Letter from John Glover, Gabriel Johonnet, and William Lee to the General Assembly, Massachusetts Bay about pay [manuscript]
by Glover, John, 1732-1797; Johonnot, Gabriel, 1748-1820; Lee, William, 1739-1795; Massachusetts. General Court, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topic: United States. Army
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Supply order to James Adams to collect teams and deliver supplies to army [manuscript]
by Pigeon John; Adams, James, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to John Clowes enclosing commissions for officers in 1st Delaware Continental Regiment [manuscript]
by Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784; Clowes, John, 1730-1790, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topics: United States. Continental Army. Delaware Regiment, United States. Army
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Minutes of meeting to consider Boston's resolutions for Committees of Correspondence [manuscript]
by Cambridge (Mass.). Town Meeintg; Brattle, William, 1706-1776; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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1 leaf 49.4 x 18.8 cm. folded to 24.7 x 18.8 cm. text on first 3 p. only
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to the South Carolina Council of Safety enclosing list of men and supplies [manuscript]
by Moultrie, William, 1730-1805; South Carolina. Council of Safety, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Document permitting Gov. Hutchinson's trunks to pass from Milton to Boston [manuscript]
by Massachusetts. Committee of Safety; Thomas, John, 1724-1776, recipient; Cooper, William, 1720-1809; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topic: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

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